Barcelona midfielder Xavi claims Manchester City now "play the right way" given their Barca influence.
Former Barca directors Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano now run things at City.
Xavi told the Daily Mail: "Yes, they have players like Yaya Toure, Nasri and now Navas and Negredo who are top-quality footballers who play the game the right way. And Pellegrini is a fantastic coach, with the way in which he wants to play football right from the back.
"For example, he has brought in Demichelis. He has been criticised but he can bring the ball out well from the back in order to get the team playing football. He has plenty of good footballers to play a passing game. But it's another thing when they come up against Barca as we have seven or eight players of our own who hardly ever give the ball away."
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